[OS X TeX] Re: What do I install ?
Bastian Philipps
bph at gmx.info
Mon Jan 8 22:50:17 CET 2007
Josep M. Font said the following on 8.1.2007 17:44 Uhr:
> I am a long and satisfied user of TeX, TeXShop, i-Installer, etc...
>
> I am a normal user (yes, with some expertise), have a broadband
> connection, and want a single working installation. Do I download and
> install MacTeX_Additions plus TeXLive-2006 ? Do I use i-Installer 2.87.1
> ?
Well, in the end it is like Axel said something of personal taste. I for
my part out of curiosity downloaded the two TeXLive-2006 packages from
Richard Koch and tried both.
Both worked like a charm with my rather rudimentary tex-documents (that
is no fancy packages even though some quite large documents).
What I personally like about the full TeXLive-2006 is the load of
packages already included in the distri, e.g. I did not need to install
apacite and jurabib by myself (even if that's quite easy with TCOBrowser).
What I miss though in both packages are some of Gerben's additions, for
example the GTAMacFonts (well, at least I haven't been able to use
them). If you need these or other additions from Gerben, I would stick
to the latest i-installer gwTeX.
> Instructions in <http://www.tug.org/~koch/NewPackages.html> are not
> very clear to me, they seem written more for the beta-testers or the
> upgraders...
In essence that TeXLive is not final the packages are not deemed "Beta"
but as far as I can see, no problems there. They installed without any
problems and work like a charm. AFAIK, Gerben uses some TeXLive
binaries from the latest snapshot, too.
> What's the relation between these packages and those
> listed in the "NewPackages" page ?
Well, that's something that make's me curious, too. I assume they are
the same.
Am I correct, if I assume that e.g. ghostscript in MacTeX-Additions is
installed directly and not using i-installer in the background?
All the best
Bastian
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